lib/lockref.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/lib/lockref.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
lib/lockref.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 3476 bytes
- Lines
- 164
- Domain
- Kernel Services
- Bucket
- lib
- Inferred role
- Kernel Services: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.
- Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/export.hlinux/lockref.h
Detected Declarations
function lockref_getfunction lockref_get_not_zerofunction lockref_put_returnfunction lockref_put_or_lockfunction lockref_mark_deadfunction lockref_get_not_deadexport lockref_getexport lockref_get_not_zeroexport lockref_put_returnexport lockref_put_or_lockexport lockref_mark_deadexport lockref_get_not_dead
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/lockref.h>
#if USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
/*
* Note that the "cmpxchg()" reloads the "old" value for the
* failure case.
*/
#define CMPXCHG_LOOP(CODE, SUCCESS) do { \
int retry = 100; \
struct lockref old; \
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(old) != 8); \
old.lock_count = READ_ONCE(lockref->lock_count); \
while (likely(arch_spin_value_unlocked(old.lock.rlock.raw_lock))) { \
struct lockref new = old; \
CODE \
if (likely(try_cmpxchg64_relaxed(&lockref->lock_count, \
&old.lock_count, \
new.lock_count))) { \
SUCCESS; \
} \
if (!--retry) \
break; \
} \
} while (0)
#else
#define CMPXCHG_LOOP(CODE, SUCCESS) do { } while (0)
#endif
/**
* lockref_get - Increments reference count unconditionally
* @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
*
* This operation is only valid if you already hold a reference
* to the object, so you know the count cannot be zero.
*/
void lockref_get(struct lockref *lockref)
{
CMPXCHG_LOOP(
new.count++;
,
return;
);
spin_lock(&lockref->lock);
lockref->count++;
spin_unlock(&lockref->lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_get);
/**
* lockref_get_not_zero - Increments count unless the count is 0 or dead
* @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
* Return: 1 if count updated successfully or 0 if count was zero
*/
bool lockref_get_not_zero(struct lockref *lockref)
{
bool retval = false;
CMPXCHG_LOOP(
new.count++;
if (old.count <= 0)
return false;
,
return true;
);
spin_lock(&lockref->lock);
if (lockref->count > 0) {
lockref->count++;
retval = true;
}
spin_unlock(&lockref->lock);
return retval;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_get_not_zero);
/**
* lockref_put_return - Decrement reference count if possible
* @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
*
* Decrement the reference count and return the new value.
* If the lockref was dead or locked, return -1.
*/
int lockref_put_return(struct lockref *lockref)
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/export.h`, `linux/lockref.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function lockref_get`, `function lockref_get_not_zero`, `function lockref_put_return`, `function lockref_put_or_lock`, `function lockref_mark_dead`, `function lockref_get_not_dead`, `export lockref_get`, `export lockref_get_not_zero`, `export lockref_put_return`, `export lockref_put_or_lock`.
- Atlas domain: Kernel Services / lib.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.